That’s what a group of lawmakers were demanding Wednesday. They want all tourist helicopters banned from Manhattan’s busy air corridors, CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer reports.

Is it safe to have such a high volume of helicopter traffic over our city? That’s what many New York politicians want to know.

“I have written the FAA to see if the frequent numbers of helicopters going across the East River and in that vicinity is safe or not. Thank heavens they weren’t going over buildings, Marcia, or there would be a tremendous loss of life,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-Manhattan.

The public has no idea how very crowded the Hudson River and East River corridors really are unless you fly them yourself. Kramer stepped aboard Chopper 2 and watched helicopters coming and going and coming and going and at the Wall Street helipad there were five choppers coming in and taking off at the very same time.

The pictures Kramer took in the air and on the ground show lots and lots of chopper activity.

“We gonna think about it because they didn’t have all the information about the crash. We can’t go ahead,” Fabienne Parnet said.

But not everyone seemed worried.

“I’m not particularly concerned. We drive in cars every day despite the fact that there are cars crashed every day, so I’m sure, especially after an incident like that, safety will be top notch,” said John Byrd of Toronto.